Come and See
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Critics Sentiment
Germans burn villagers alive in barricaded church building
Flyora performs menial tasks at partisan camp in forest
The film escalates dramatically from the relatively mundane forest camp sequence to the devastating church massacre, representing the protagonist's complete loss of innocence.
Come and See builds steadily from a boy's naive desire to join partisans into an increasingly harrowing journey through Nazi-occupied Belarus. The film reaches devastating emotional peaks with the bog sequence and church massacre, culminating in a masterful finale that cements its status as one of cinema's greatest anti-war statements. Critics consistently praised its unflinching realism and emotional authenticity, though some found the intense subject matter almost unbearably difficult to watch.
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Aleksei Kravchenko
Flyora Gayshun
Olga Mironova
Glasha
Liubomiras Laucevičius
Kosach
Vladas Bagdonas
Rubezh
Jüri Lumiste
Obersturmführer
Viktors Lorencs
Sturmbannführer
Kazimir Rabetsky
Village Headman
Yevgeni Tilicheyev
Gezhel
Aleksandr Berda
Chief of Staff of the Partisan Detachment
G. Velts
Medical NCO
Viktor Vasiliev
German
Igor Gnevashev
Jew
Vasiliy Domrachyov
Little Policeman
Gennadiy Yelkin
Flyora's friend
Evgeniy Kryzhanovskiy
Partisan with Glasses
N. Lisichenok
Viktor Manaev
Partisan
Takhir Matyullin
Elderly Partisan
Pyotr Merkuryev
Gleb Vasiliyevich
Valentin Mishatkin
Policeman
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